PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7b 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting    December 2, 2014 
DATE:    December 2, 2014 
TO:     Ted Fick, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Frederick Robinson, Program Leader, Aviation Project Management Group 
Michael Ehl, Director, Aviation Operations 
Dave Soike, Director, Aviation Facilities and Capital Programs 

SUBJECT:  Scope and Budget Update on the Airport's International Arrivals Facility
(IAF) Program 
SYNOPSIS 
Replacing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's existing over-burdened Federal
Inspection Services (FIS) facility with a modern and efficient International Arrivals
Facility is a critical part of realizing the Port Commission's Century Agenda objective to 
"Make Sea-Tac Airport the west coast "Gateway of Choice" for international travel.". 
This briefing updates the Commission on recently completed efforts to confirm the
program scope and budget necessary to achieve the goals of the IAF program.  Having
accomplished this reconciliation, staff intends now to resume the Request for
Qualifications process in order to develop a short list of potential design-build teams. Staff
will return for a future briefing on capital budget funding and future rate implications. The
next action item for the Commission is currently scheduled for January, 2015. At that
time the Commission will be asked to authorize advertisement of a Request for Proposals
to shortlisted design-build teams. 

BACKGROUND 
The IAF program designs and constructs a new International Arrivals Facility landside of
Concourse A to replace the existing facility at the South Satellite. This project will also
construct a secure International Corridor at Concourse A for arriving international flights
and a bridge for passengers to travel from the existing International Corridor at the South
Satellite to the new facility. 
The Commission has been previously briefed on the anticipated need to increase the
program budget for IAF due to new scope elements identified early in the planning phase
of the program. An increase in the overall programmed size of the facility and inclusion

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December 2, 2014 
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of enabling projects in the program scope are examples of known drivers that signaled the
need for a larger program budget. 
More recently, the Commission was advised that cost estimates received after completion
of the cost estimate by multiple independent cost estimating teams of the final planning
effort in June 1014 were higher than previously anticipated. Port staff  responded
immediately by delaying its design-builder procurement schedule and taking an aggressive
approach to analyzing and settling the program definition and budget. That approach
included breaking the program down into the component parts of its scope of work,
confirming the needs and assumptions driving each component, developing and reviewing
alternatives to each component with stakeholder and airline input, reviewing program soft
costs and then reassembling the final program scope and budget. 
During this period, estimating assumptions were tested and refined, non-essential program
elements were identified and cut, alternative approaches for additional program cuts were
examined but rejected, soft costs were reduced, and a detailed cost estimate developed
which is the culmination of this scope refinement and cost estimation work. International
airline partners and Port stakeholders confirmed through this additional program analysis
that even though certain program elements increased the cost of the program, each of them 
are critical to the shared primary goal of improved customer service and faster processing
for arriving international travelers. 
The 2015 capital budget includes a total project cost of $344 million. The Port and airline
stakeholders have now identified a scope of work and updated program budget of
$596,000,000 that includes all critical functional elements of the IAF program. Port staff
will return for a future briefing on funding and forecasted rate implications. 
The attached computer slide presentation outlines the scope of work and resulting cost
estimate now thoroughly examined with internal and airline project stakeholders. 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
Computer slide presentation. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
October 28, 2014  IAF Q3 Quarterly Briefing. 
August 19, 2014  IAF Q2 Quarterly Briefing. 
August 5, 2014  IAF RFQ Advertisement. 
July 22, 2014  IAF Progress Briefing. 
June 10, 2014  IAF Update and Quarterly Briefing. 
May 6, 2014  IAF Project Delivery Briefing. 
April 22, 2014  Capital Program Briefing. 
March 11, 2014  IAF Master Planning authorization.

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December 2, 2014 
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February 25, 2014  IAF Program Briefing. 
November 19, 2013  International Arrivals Facility Construction Management,
testing and inspection; surveying and locating and safety service agreements. 
July 23, 2013  International Arrivals Facility Project & Program Support; and
Price Factor Design Build Methodology authorization. 
July 9, 2013  Sea-Tac Airport International Arrivals Facility Briefing. 
July 9, 2013  Alternative Public Works Contracting Briefing. 
April 9, 2013  Sea-Tac Airport International Arrivals Facility Briefing. 
June 26, 2012  Briefing on Airport Terminal Development Challenges at Seattle-
Tacoma International Airport. 
June 14, 2011  International Air Service Growth and Future Facility briefing. 
February 2, 2010  Briefing on South Satellite Passenger Growth and Facility
Considerations, Delta's Proposed Airline Lounge and Other Possible Future
Aviation Projects.